Revenge of the Microbes: How Bacterial Resistance is Undermining the Antibiotic Miracle (ASM Books) - Hardcover

Salyers, Abigail A; Whitt, Dixie D

 
9781555812980: Revenge of the Microbes: How Bacterial Resistance is Undermining the Antibiotic Miracle (ASM Books)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1555812988 ISBN 13: 9781555812980
Verlag: ASM Press, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

A single source of answers to questions average people are asking. • Provides the scientific information readers will need to form opinions and make informed decisions regarding the use of antibiotics. • Examines specific antibiotics and controversies in a real-life context; presents accounts of positions on all sides of the public policy debate; and discusses less common issues such as what happens to antibiotics once they are released into the environment. • Encourages readers to consider the extensive role of antibiotics in modern medicine and the potentially catastrophic impact the loss of effective antibiotics would have today and on future generations. • Appeals to a diverse readership, including biologists, doctors, teachers, students, lawyers, environmentalists, and average citizens.

This title is published by the American Society for Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.

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A single source of answers to questions average people are asking. · Provides the scientific information readers will need to form opinions and make informed decisions regarding the use of antibiotics. · Examines specific antibiotics and controversies in a real-life context; presents accounts of positions on all sides of the public policy debate; and discusses less common issues such as what happens to antibiotics once they are released into the environment. · Encourages readers to consider the extensive role of antibiotics in modern medicine and the potentially catastrophic impact the loss of effective antibiotics would have today and on future generations. · Appeals to a diverse readership, including biologists, doctors, teachers, students, lawyers, environmentalists, and average citizens.

This title is published by the American Society for Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.

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Verlag
ASM Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1555812988
ISBN 13 
9781555812980
Einband
Tapa dura
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
198
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